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...Franklin, a new eight-part series on Apple TV+ starring Michael Douglas, tells the story of a true American patriot and legendary bon vivant who helped secure the future of his country....
...A more challenging staging might have taken this hinge point in his life — at the peak of fame, yet on the verge of a controversy that would torpedo his reputation — and made something interesting from it...
...One chapter follows Michael van Notten, a Dutch lawyer and ex-EEC official who in the 1990s became so convinced of the Hayekian merits of the Somali clan system that he tried to found a new country based...
...Successful explorations of that theme, such as Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, tend to combine limpid theoretical mastery with rigorous plotting....
...We have found a patient in intensive care on the verge of dying.”...
...(Guardian) — Michael Lewis’s big contrarian bet (New Yorker) — Market bipolarity: exuberance versus exhaustion!...
...“Europe airlines need to consolidate,” said Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary....
...He had not only to be Kinnock, Smith and Blair, but Michael Foot too....
...Lord Michael Heseltine, a cabinet minister in Major’s government, said Sunak would run out of time....
...Israel is at war, its leaders are bent on revenge and its armed forces stand on the verge of an invasion that could endanger the hostages....
...Saying that banking has been one of the more volatile sectors this year so far verges on almost comical understatement, with the industry seemingly able to deliver both record profits at home at the same...
...Binance has lost a quarter of its market share, the US government is on the verge of passing a deal to raise the debt ceiling, and Eurozone inflation has fallen more than economists expected to hit its lowest...
...It had become clear to him, he writes, that the banking system was on the verge of collapse — a valid fear, as was later confirmed....
...Discover Financial Services has named TD Bank’s Michael Rhodes as chief executive....
...(The Verge) — Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it. (The Atlantic $)...
...— An ode to a burning urn of cash (Michael Green substack) — The evidence is consistent with firms focusing on shareholder interests while incorporating stakeholder interests as interim goals....
...Production, Michaël Lacomblez at Louis2. Photographer’s assistants, Stuart Hendry and Ian Kirby. Digital operator, Stefano Poli....
...— “This [the risk-free rate] changes everything for hedge fund managers” (Institutional Investor) — Michael Pettis on “the coming demise of the dollar” (Twitter) — Eight reactions to the FTC’s proposed...
...As it turns out now, London is on the verge of running out of drinking water in the next 20 years....
...We had help this week from Saffeya Ahmed, David da Silva, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Over the decades, Windhorst’s network grew to include everyone from reformed junk bond king Michael Milken to Hollywood A-lister Michael Douglas, who happily posed for photos with Windhorst long after his...
...Eliana Crosina from Babson College and Michael G Pratt from Boston College studied ex-employees of Lehman Brothers and discovered a common framework of reactions — starting with “experiencing the death event...
...Friday’s shooting was the worst in Jerusalem since 2008, and came amid a surge in violence that has exacerbated fears that the long-simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be on the verge of a broader...
...“The agency will just shut down,” said Michael Bilik, an NLRB trial lawyer who also serves as the legislative co-chair of the agency’s own staff union....
...The musical (inspired by the 1992 Disney film) pitches us into Lower Manhattan on the verge of a new century....
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